Episode 625: Mass Defection

Gaming Flashback: Mass Effect 2 Quick News EA's sale to Saudi-led consortium was "final nail in the coffin" for BioWare, says studio co-founder EA employees reveal a culture of secrecy and terrible morale following layoffs Alien: Isolation 2 devs commit to a physical edition The Wolf Among Us 2 will remember your key choices from The Wolf Among Us Remastered Game News The Elder Scroll VI to be unveiled as Sentinel in November Epic Games further doubles down on gen-AI tools for Fortnite, Unreal Engine 6 and more GTA 6's NPCs have about 600,000 animations Let us know what you think.

Gaming Flashback: Dead Island Quick News GTA 6's PC release date is set for "Q1 2027" Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls reveals its Year 1 DLC roster on the way. Game News Epic Games reportedly delays Star Wars and Marvel shooter Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced layoffs loom Haunted Chocolatier more of an action RPG Let us know what you think.

Gaming Flashback: Adventure Quick News: Nintendo Switch ports of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire look even more likely after official account shares suspiciously HD footage of the GBA games Bungie is freeing vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns after Marathon "did not reach as many players as we had hoped" Xbox's version of PlayStation's Platinum Trophy achievement seems to leak Game News: Xbox Helix tipped for 56 TFLOPS, PS6 for 40 TFLOPS Xbox is reportedly paying a 'fraction' of the $400 million Kojima quoted Sony for Physint Minecraft is getting its first new dimension in 15 years, and it is riotously pink Let us know what you think.

Gaming Flashback: Fallout 4 Game News: Sony threatens to cut off customer support and pursue legal action over harassment Sony loses Hideo Kojima to Xbox in its latest disaster Consumer Rights group is tracking Sony's ownership claims Let us know what you think.

It's all GamesCom all the time. Some news, but mostly talking about the games of GamesCom 2026.

Gaming Flashback: Oxenfree Quick News A cracked version of Marvel Tōkon is reigniting questions around DRM and its impact on PC games Paradox has been cooking up some Stellaris "summer experiments," from megastructure upgrades to a full espionage rework Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 9 gives server owners more control, stops mushrooms clipping through foxes, and fixes a strange Endermen issue. Game News Riot is ending development of its 2XKO fighting game Former EA manager doesn't believe the next Mass Effect will survive Saudi takeover Let us know what you think.

Quick News Wada feels Persona 1 & Persona 2 remakes are something 'we have to do' Supermassive Games announces layoffs impacting up to 75 employees Game News Asha Sharma teases Elder Scrolls 6 Name Stop Killing Games has joined a lawsuit against Sony Saber Interactive denies replacing writer with ChatGPT Sean Murray suggests No Man's Sky follow-up Light No Fire is quite far along Let us know what you think.

This week's Gaming Flashback is Halo 3. Monster Hunter Wilds' latest patch makes online-only missions playable offline Bethesda yet again reassures fans that The Elder Scrolls 6's roadmap is unaffected by recent Xbox layoffs Atari signs deal with Universal Pictures to develop movies – Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Yars’ Revenge PlayStation ‘blackout’ week is coming to protest Sony’s disc-Less future Dev: "Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they've ever seen issued" Xbox grants PC versions of select Ubisoft games to digital copy owners Let us know what you think.

Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures Sony kills physical PS5 games PlayStation is deleting 551 movies from customers’ accounts Nintendo has detailed rollout plans for Switch 2 product revisions Let us know what you think.

Steam Machine price revealed Sony deletes mention of PC from annual strategy report Epic Games Store is getting a big redesign Halo: Campaign Evolved PS5 players will require an Xbox account and gamertag to play Rockstar quietly gives us probably our best look at GTA 6's Vice City yet Ultima's creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk